Kara stands triumphant over her kill and wipes the blood off her curved blade with a bit of cloth. She gives the little menace a bit of a kick as she steps over it to carefully re-enter the room and look around.

As other members of the group head into the newly (and presumably) cleared room, Tolus does his best to calm his breathing. His ears are ringing from the adrenaline and his hands have begun to shake slightly. He was about to ask if everyone was alright when Fionn's washed over him.

He shakes his head to try to clear the fuzzyness left from the rush of combat and begins to scout across the hall into the only remaining area of this floor of the temple.

Kara looks over at Khatijah curiously. "Cursed? Hardly. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're a trained and strong warrior. I...I just got lucky, is all. I'm sure these things are much smaller than what you're used to fighting anyways, they just happen to be more my size."

Tolus is hearing all this as he prepares to scout. Upon hearing Kara's astonishment he chimes in, You are in the presence of a particularly rare specimen of a person, Kara. One of the rarest of Exotics. Khat is what several of my masters would call an "Indominable". The fact that she is still breathing marks her as a breed apart from pretty toys such as you and I. Tolus looks to Khat for her reaction, half expecting her to lash out. He wished she could see her own incredible value in his eyes. She was a symbol of everything to which slaves are naturally attracted: inner strength, beauty, grace, and unyielding independence to name a few. In 40 years Tolus had yet to meet her equal. He was determined to make her see in herself what he saw in her.

Moving to A17.
Three long wooden tables and dozens of chairs that once lined this mess hall are now in shambles, mostly rotted away with the passage of years. Light shines through several large holes in the ceiling, illuminating a closed door on the east wall.

Tolus curses under his breath.
Taldor? Could you convince this nice door that it's in our way and kindly shatter it to kindling?
Tolus takes a second look at the door for traps, then around the room for anything else of interest

With a struggle and a crashing dwarf the door finally gives way from the mold that was holding it back to reveal Ten bunk beds in various stages of disrepair fill this chamber, which must once have been a dormitory for students. The roof is mostly intact, and an open arch in the north wall leads to a large hallway. The east and west walls both bear sturdy wooden doors leading to other rooms, and an open arch in the southeast corner of the room leads into a darkened antechamber, perhaps a large closet.

Taldor grunts and brushes himself off, then begins checking the contents behind the doors, leaving the exploration of the room to the rest of the party. At each door he begins by cracking the door and peaking in, then opening it all the way if nothing happens

Khatijuah you could swear the mold holding the door shut is now following you.
The small room off the southeastern wall is the lowest chamber in what was once a 40 foot tall tower. All of the wooden floors and the old lasdder that used to comprise the tower jumble the floor here in a collapsed mess. The roof of the the tower fell years ago, leaving it open to the sky and predators.

You see two wolf spiders the size of a human descending fast upon you.